Earthlink Inc

EarthLink Inc. said it will offer its high-speed Internet services to some AOL Time Warner cable customers starting in September--news that sent shares of the AOL rival up 6%. EarthLink's deal to provide Internet service in Columbus, Ohio, and Syracuse, N.Y., was the first fruit of an open-access pact struck in November as part of the approval process for America Online Inc.'s purchase of Time Warner.

EarthLink Inc. said it will offer its high-speed Internet services to some AOL Time Warner cable customers starting in September--news that sent shares of the AOL rival up 6%. EarthLink's deal to provide Internet service in Columbus, Ohio, and Syracuse, N.Y., was the first fruit of an open-access pact struck in November as part of the approval process for America Online Inc.'s purchase of Time Warner.

Hundreds of thousands of e-mails sent by EarthLink Inc. customers to America Online Inc. accounts were rejected and lost over at least 10 days, EarthLink said Monday. An AOL spokesman said software designed to restrict junk e-mail, or spam, was to blame. After conferring Monday, the companies said the problem had been resolved.

EarthLink Inc. said Tuesday it is raising the monthly price of its basic, unlimited dial-up service $2 to $21.95, a month after rival America Online Inc. increased its rates. The price increase, the first in EarthLink's history, came earlier than expected and bodes well for the company's financial performance, Goldman Sachs analyst Anthony Noto said in a research note. EarthLink rose $1.56, or 13%, to $13.83 on Nasdaq.

EarthLink Inc. said Tuesday it is raising the monthly price of its basic, unlimited dial-up service $2 to $21.95, a month after rival America Online Inc. increased its rates. The price increase, the first in EarthLink's history, came earlier than expected and bodes well for the company's financial performance, Goldman Sachs analyst Anthony Noto said in a research note. EarthLink rose $1.56, or 13%, to $13.83 on Nasdaq.

Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. said it would sell its citywide wireless network, which operates in Anaheim and other cities nationwide, to help revive profit after six straight quarterly losses. The Atlanta-based company valued its Wi-Fi unit at $40 million in November when it announced plans to examine options for the network. EarthLink is approaching "a variety" of potential buyers, Chief Executive Rolla Huff said.

EarthLink Inc. named Coca-Cola Co. executive Karen Gough marketing chief. Gough, 44, fills the new office of executive vice president of marketing, where she will oversee advertising, promotions and brand marketing at Atlanta-based EarthLink beginning June 1. She had been vice president of marketing solutions for Coca-Cola North America.

Hundreds of thousands of e-mails sent by EarthLink Inc. customers to America Online Inc. accounts were rejected and lost over at least 10 days, EarthLink said Monday. An AOL spokesman said software designed to restrict junk e-mail, or spam, was to blame. After conferring Monday, the companies said the problem had been resolved.

EarthLink Inc., the third-largest U.S. Web access service, is negotiating with Cablevision Systems Corp., Adelphia Communications Corp. and other cable TV companies to sell Internet service over their lines. Chief Executive Garry Betty said he hopes to announce agreements by year-end. EarthLink is trying to sign up more subscribers for its high-speed Internet service as the number of subscribers to its regular dial-up service declines. EarthLink shares fell 16 cents to $5.

Time Warner Inc.'s America Online unit, Microsoft Corp., EarthLink Inc. and Yahoo Inc. -- the four largest U.S. Internet mail providers -- sued dozens of junk e-mail senders in a second wave of lawsuits under a new U.S. law designed to curb spam. The six lawsuits filed in California, Georgia and Washington target senders of unwanted commercial e-mail peddling pornography, prescription pills, cheap mortgages and other products, the companies said.